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Hi! Can you suggest an upgrade for my old pc? I plan to upgrade my i3 2nd gen and graphics card. I will use it for gaming. Thanks!

Just purchase an Asus Zenith x399 motherboard, along with a threadripper 1950. For cooling I purchased a Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3. Come to find out after the fact that the Noctua blocks the first PCI express slot (it's called out on their site, I didn't see this when buying). I have two Asus Rog...

As I connecting my adaptor with laptop, adaptor light start flickering and laptop is not charging. When I plugged off adaptor from laptop then laptop shut off

Hi, i need help overclocking my system. It would be also helpful if you could list some helpfull softwares aswell. SPECS:: CPU: FX-4300 GPU: AMD r7 360 PSU: 550W MB: GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 (Socket M2) OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Thanks Heaps! <3

The stock cooler broke. I need a new cooling system for my graphic cards. But i´ve read some article that says this Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo is way too big for my graphic card.

I've been running a 500GB HDD as my main storage with a 128GB SSD that has my operating system on it as well as core programs, is there any way I can take everything on my HDD and put it on my new one. Every tutorial I have seen is for HDDs with operating systems on them. In short what I want...

I have a complicated problem with hard crashes and if anyone smart could give me some advice it would be great! I occasionally get hard crashes while playing certain games including - Dragon age inquisition, Skyrim and the new Paladins game on steam. However it has never happened in the 30+...

Hello guys Recently i rebuild my computer from the beginnig just so i can fix my cable management. I also installed some windows updates and geforce experience updates before that. after that i booted my pc and my pc freezed at the black screen were you get the option to enter bios etc after...

I know that the i5 4690k is better than the i5 3340,and i wish to have the i5 4690k but i want to know is there a big difference between them in gaming performance?? espicially in the upcoming games of 2016 will be there a big difference between them or the games will run fine on th i5...

so i recently bought a GTX 980 Ti Hybrid and was running it on the default fan for a while, but i 'went out' and bought a Noctua Industrial 3000 PWM to cool it, with a 3 pin to 4 pin PWM adapter, since i wanted it extra cool for 4K but the fan seems to just speed up, slow down and then max then...

I currently have an AMD FX 8320e with a Asus motherboard AM3+ socket and i was wondering if theres a way to install a Intel CPU with LGA1150 socket motherboard without reinstalling all my stuff?

Hey guys, I've recently built a new gaming rig. when my originally built it i was getting tonnes of BSODs and i managed to narrow it down to defective ram. I sent the ram back to get it replaced. Now that i have my new ram, most of the BSODs are gone. I went ahead and tried to install windows...

So...I just bought a new HAMA Firefighter headset and my mic wont work. I have tried everything. Setting the mic volume to max, setting boost to 30, reinstalled drivers, tried the drivers for windows 7 and still nothing. I have tried the headphones on another computer and they work just fine. I...

Hi there, I have this problem right here:: http://i.imgur.com/vKFjRUc.png I want to make disk 0 the primary disk and have the OS installed there, and I really need help in using my recovery OEM partition, because aleinrespawn keeps telling me this: http://i.imgur.com/Y4OphP2.png

Sometimes ago, i had a problem wih my notebook.. when i tried to switch on the notebook by pressing power button (without power suply, because it had enough battery power)..un fortunately nothing happenned.. no lights no led nothing.. I was scared..later on i connected power cord and then...

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=110-B2-0750-VR This is the psu, couldnt find anything on google about it being haswell ready or not..

I have a pretty good gaming PC however when I try and play games like GTA 5 I get very low FPS( normally somewhere around 1-17FPS. Is there a way I can speed up my games. Am I doing something wrong? Please explain your answers. Thanks PS. don't yell at me for having an alienware. PLEASE...

Recently I was shutting off my Windows 7 Home Premium computer and while I was going so I noticed in the task manager a program titled "Did you know..." in the applications windows of the task manager. The thumbnail was a blue target reticule (as if looking in a rifle scope) and I don't recall...

I need to find an adapter to connect a male four pin to a female six pin coming out of the power supply. I cannot for the life of me find one. Excuse me if I don't use the right terminology, I'm fairly new to hardware.

Guys i need to ask, here is my first build : Intel i5-4590 (standard clock) + CM seidon 120v plus with thermal paste Noctua NT-H1 pea sized, Mobo MSI H97 Gaming 3 with 4gig single stick, i'm using CM seidon 120v to cooling my CPU, but i noticed in bios in every first start the temprature is...

I just bought a msi r9 290x and it came with this cable with 2 white conectors on the end. What do i do with the connecters?

I received a brand new "bare bones" computer from my brother for Christmas, has no OS. I have a laptop & a desktop which both have win8.1. I'm too broke to buy a new OS but I have 2 or 3 copies of XP, 1 Vista plus, a win7 that I've already upgraded and cant use. I would like to (if I can)...

I have checked many video's and forum threads, but I never found a problem like this, so I don't know what to do. Once I open the "UbisoftGameLauncherInstaller.exe" It's all good n' stuff, but when I press install or next, I don't remember, it says "A more recent version of application is...

I want to buy a laptop for minecraft. I want it to run the game on 50-60+ fps on normal settings. After looking I've found 2 laptops. I went for an acer computer caue they were cheaper and better. I would like help on which computer will meet my spectations. Please Help!These are the laptop...

Hey, so i have changed components because i couldn't buy from america but i now made a new pcpartpicker list where i listed all the ones that are available in my country, what i want to know is that is this build compatible, i know there is front usb 3.0 header in motherboard and not in case...

Hey guys I got a very serious issue..I reinstalled my windows 7 due to some reasons & now my wifi,Bluetooth,USB ports(all) are not working..I have installed all the drivers taken from HP's website.. But they are not working.. I have HP d15-002TX notebook..

I recently got this card second-hand: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125490 My system is: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE ASUS M5A97 Mobo 8GB RAM Antec EA-650W Green PSU This card just replaced an HD5870. After installing and hooking up to my monitor, and turning on, I get no...

I just purchased a blue Rockcandy Xbox wired controller. My Windows 7 PC isn't recognizing the controller under the Devices page on the Control Panel. I've downloaded the necessary drivers for the controller. I've tried connecting it to the other USB ports. All to no avail. How can I fix this?

Hello, I was playing state of decay earlier and didnt realise it could be played in 1080p(silly me), i want to be able to play it in 1920x1080 resolution but i get 24-28 fps on minimum settings. I also like to play other games such as sleeping dogs, sims 3 , battlefield etc. My question is to...

Hello. I've got a pretty high-end pc for gaming and my friend also has one with the same specs but only 16 gb of ram. I have 8 gb. But for some reason my games like BF3 are running only 30 fps when i'm in the midddle of the action. So i will give you my specs and if you know how to fix this...

Here is my build. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($267.73 @ NCIX) Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.48 @ NCIX) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)...

Hello! I have read a few forum posts and articles, even though there aren't so many, about DELL's new P2414H and it seems very promising as it is better built than the previous generations, including the UltraSharps. I was really itching to buy it as soon as I had the money and now that I do...

I want to get wifi for my laptop and ipod at work, i cannot add a router to the system lol not a option. Is there a thing i can plug into the dekstop here so i can get the internet off of it? There has to be somthing out there that can do this. Because these computers are wired.

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?) I cannot get my new SATA drive to boot. Here's what I've done: I flashed the motherboard BIOS. I used ghost to copy the old IDE drive to my new SATA drive, including MBR. I used the XP disk manager to set the partition as...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) can copy from client but cannot paste onto the host computer please advise thanks

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I cannot print from a 98 machine to a xp machine(sp2) that has a Lexmark Z53 printer connected to it via USB1 Please help! I have had doctors kicking me around all day... Jim

Hi i have a q? about duel channel ram. If i have four ram slots and i fill the first pair with 2X512 to give it 1024mb and the secound pair with 2X256 to give a total of 1536 do i still get the benifite from the duel channel. I know that for duel channel to work i need two of the same ram eg...

Hello. I'm a college student looking at the PC market and I'm thinking of getting one by Februrary. Now, I will probally use the pc for Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Programming and maybe some video editing (not heavy). I really need something that can multitask well. I am a gamer, but...